S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary

S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary

South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced Wednesday it established RaonMeta, a generative AI-based metaverse platform subsidiary. Rao...

S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups

S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups

South Korean game companies like Krafton Inc. and Nexon Korea Corp., and telecom firms such as SK Telecom Co., are collaborating with K-pop girl gro...

LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to develop a uni...

Krafton's Overdare conducts alpha test in SE Asia

Krafton's Overdare conducts alpha test in SE Asia

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct an overseas alpha test for Overdare, a mobile user-generated con...

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms

South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...

SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in SE Asia

SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in SE Asia

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with CelcomDigi Berhad, the leading telecom company in Malays...

Innocean forms GenAI team

Innocean forms GenAI team

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it formed a new task force team...

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

SK Telecom to expand metaverse market in SE Asia

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it partnered with three IT companies in Southeast Asia to accelerate its metaverse market st...

SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...

Upstage to create interactive chatbot for virtual idols

Upstage to create interactive chatbot for virtual idols

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with M...

Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox

Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox

South Korea's game company Krafton Inc. and Naver Z, a metaverse unit of the country’s portal giant Naver Corp. on Thursday said they will u...

LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles

LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it will hold the recruiting event LG Uplus US Fair at the hotel Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey near Los ...

Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service

Netmarble, Hana Financial team up for metaverse service

South Korean game company Netmarble Corp. announced on Monday that it will partner with Hana Financial Group to develop new financial experiences an...

LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September

LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei University, one of the nation...

LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse

LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse

South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...

Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform

Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform

Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...

Startup Spatial looks to become YouTube in metaverse

Startup Spatial looks to become YouTube in metaverse

Metaverse platform startup Spatial aims to grow into a company that allows users to enjoy interactive content together, as COVID-19 has increased th...

Renault Korea creates mobility exhibition hall in metaverse

Renault Korea creates mobility exhibition hall in metaverse

Renault Korea announced on Friday that it plans to establish and run an automobile-related experiential space called Renault Korea Hub in the metave...

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

S.Korea to support exports of 100 SMEs in metaverse, XR industry

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that it will support the export of 100 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

S.Korea's Com2verse releases metaverse virtual office

S.Korea's Com2verse releases metaverse virtual office

South Korean game company Com2uS Corp. announced on Wednesday that its metaverse subsidiary, Com2Verse, has released a YouTube video showcasing the ...

Krafton, Naver Z to establish metaverse joint company

Krafton, Naver Z to establish metaverse joint company

Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is establishing a joint company for a metaverse platform business with Naver Z Corp., a metav...

Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea

Rule prevents release of sequel to hit game Modoo Marble in S.Korea

The sequel to the popular real estate board game Modoo Marble is unavailable in South Korea because of the country's ban on play-to-earn (P2E) games...

S.Korea's Amorepacific opens new space in metaverse

S.Korea's Amorepacific opens new space in metaverse

Amidst the accelerated entry of fashion and beauty brands into the metaverse to seize future opportunities, Amorepacific Corp. has also joined the b...

Hyundai Dept. Store Duty Free to launch metaverse duty-free shop

Hyundai Dept. Store Duty Free to launch metaverse duty-free shop

South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Duty Free announced on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with OlimPlanet for ...

S.Korea's Krafton, Naver to set up JV for metaverse services in H1

S.Korea's Krafton, Naver to set up JV for metaverse services in H1

Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is slated to establish a joint venture with Naver Z Corp., a metaverse unit of the country&rs...

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...

Com2Verse, Microsoft sign agreement for metaverse cooperation

Com2Verse, Microsoft sign agreement for metaverse cooperation

Com2Verse, a subsidiary of the metaverse division of Com2uS Studios, announced on Friday its collaboration with Microsoft Korea for the development ...

SK Telecom, NTT Docomo jointly publish technical white paper

SK Telecom, NTT Docomo jointly publish technical white paper

SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it had published a technical white paper on 6G common requirements and 5G base station power-saving measu...

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